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The Olympic men’s street skateboarding competition scheduled to take place on Saturday has been postponed until Monday, Paris organizers said in a statement. No reason was initially given for the change. The contest would have been one of the 14 medal events on the official first competition day of the Games. The skateboarding takes place at Place de la Concorde, right in the centre of Paris next to where the Olympic cauldron – this year in a tethered hot air balloon – is situated. It was lit at the end of Friday’s opening ceremony. Rain deluged the ceremony and slippery conditions could be a …

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